Nguyen Huu An

Nguyen Huu An (1 October 1926-9 April 1995) was a North Vietnamese PAVN Colonel General during the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.

Biography
Nguyen Huu An was born in Gia Ven, Ninh Binh Province, French Indochina in 1926, and he joined the Viet Minh in September 1945. He commanded a regiment at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 before going on to become a general of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An commanded NVA troops at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, was promoted to Major-General in 1974, and commanded the 2nd Corps during the 1975 Spring Offensive against South Vietnam. At 11:30 AM on 30 April 1975, his men planted the NLF flag atop the Presidential Palace in Saigon, marking the fall of Saigon and the end of the war. In 1980, he was promoted to Lieutenant-General, and he died in 1995 with the rank of Colonel-General.